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Attacks by armed actors on Burmese security posts in August 2017 and subsequent military operations in Rakhine state, home to the majority of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, has caused a major humanitarian crisis in neighboring Bangladesh. The violence in Burma has forced approximately 693,000 Rohingya refugees to flee to southeastern Bangladesh, joining more than 213,000 Rohingya living in the country prior to August 2017, according to the UN.
Most of these refugees currently reside in temporary settlements near Cox’s Bazar, where they

The Govt. of the Republic of Kazakhstan has donated USD 500,000 for the relief of Rohingya people. His Excellency Mr. Barlybay Sadykov, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan visited the Rohingya people at a camp in ShafiullahKata of MoinarGhona in Palongkhali village of Ukhia Upazila of Cox’s Bazar recently and inaugurated the distribution of humanitarian aid through Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TIKA).
H.E. the Ambassador went around different sections, interacted with inhabitants of the camp and apprais...

Chairman National board of Revenue Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said that NBR has undertaken a number of projects for implementation of the TFA. While addressing at a Round Table on Trade Facilitation held in Dhaka on 18 April. Government has decided to establish a National Single Window (NSW) for facilitation of trade and NBR will act as the lead agency, he added. He also assured that NBR will be extending all cooperation to the businesses for expanding the export basket of the country in order to achieve $50 billion export target by 2021.
ICC Bangladesh organized the Round-Tabel jointly with ICC Paris & Global Alliance. It may be

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Eight men accused of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Monday to the horrific crime that has sparked revulsion and brought thousands to India’s streets in protest.
Four police and a Hindu temple custodian are among those accused of gang raping and killing a Muslim girl from a poor tribe in Jammu and Kashmir state where the highly-charged case has stoked long-simmering religious tensions.
The accused men appeared in court in the city of Kathua on Monday for the first time since being arrested in February for the girl’s murder.

The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation of Nepal is preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh to strengthen energy cooperation between the two countries.
Nepal and Bangladesh have been talking on bilateral energy cooperation since the power trade agreement (PTA) was signed with India in 2014. Nepal has identified Bangladesh as a prospective market for hydroelectricity, which is a clean and renewable source of energy.
Following the SAARC member states agreement on ‘SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy